New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 17, 1915, Page 6

i ww ng'lhn 87, 00 a' year. — “advertising medtum 1n ation books and press ‘open tu advertisers. il be round on sale at Hota- Stand, 42nd St. and Broad- 'ork City: Board Wfll. fllly and Harttord de ; ; e 'E RESOLUTION. is some discussion £ the Connecticut sen- solutian of confidence of the United States with Germany, the ng tabled by a motion mubllcln leader of that ould seem as if the in- the resolution was not wisdom -for the reason ' democrats are in a mi. have been felt that the § would naturally -resent ~ that jgnored them, they he majority. - Senator Pur- atroduced the resalution, ve hed ‘the republi- ted him with what ofng, obtained his passage and then pre; e senate. The: phrase- have been made which de it agreeable and the to yln.cc the Connecticut position of approving the prestdent is on the < from the appear- is lkely to nlut!on at such a time tun adopted because of a mple it would give, not/ 1d have helped the situ.’ it was undoubtedly in- improve, but because it 1 ,tn prove that in such a " peo ple are all of one mind as it relates to a foreign A few years ago When the ¥ had a very small represen: senate, one of the mi- kept saying the’ demo- rm said so and so and @&, reason why such and re should be passed and M case the proposi- | As the same | vtuqmv now it ‘was ocrat to attempt to resolution; even. of & without first ‘| the play “The Argvle Case," hutad o t'an’ opportunity mly"bc ofteted for lnon orough investigation of ade, it pretty plain hat ‘there'is race hatred in the case, Frank being Hehreu ‘and* urged ‘the influential “pespie’ ot the country to plead for a commutatioh'of - sen- 22 and there is-likely to be a great deal of pleading similar to that of Rabbi Wise indulged in between now | and that time. Whether the author- jtles of Georgia can be swayed by such arguments is a question difficult to decide just now, but it would seem as {f something more might be gained by making a more thorough search for evidence upon which a mnew trial might be obtained or sufficient doubt raised as to his guilt so ‘that the proper officials might commute his sentence, and his case more thorough- ly investigated. ‘It seems’'at this dis- tance if every legal means known has been exhausted by which he should have another chance for his life. It is an awful thing to take the man's life if he is innocent. He may be the victim of ecircumstances and though innocent be upable to prove it, but it would seem as if there might be somie methods open by which his innocence could be proved if he 1is innocent. It seemed to be understodd at the beginning that Frank did not want any half way business about his case when it came to trial, that hé should be declared pullty or discharged. He did not want any life. imprisonment, but he appears to be willing to accept such & sentence at present. It seems to be & rather ‘mysterious case. JUST AN INQUIRY. The esteemed Springfield Republi- can after reviewing' the Barnes- Roosevelt case says that the cost of the litigation 'will be very large and inquires what it is all for and what end. Different people would . give different answers to that question, but remain |t must be apparent to every one that | Mr, Barnes is aggrieved that: his for- mer associate in political business should turn against him and abuse him after so long a partnership. But there is another side to the cantro- versy and it is that side which af- fects and interests all .others. ‘There has been a growing tendency in- this country to discredit all pub. lic men, either by open accusation of wrong doing or by innuendoes which carry the same effect. Some people | have. an idea that it is their right to indulge in such criticism and they say things that can* not possibly be true because if they were a number of n blic -men -ought to be: in the.'peni- téntiary instead of holding public of- fice. There is no doubt but that there are some unworthy persons oc- cupying public positions, some of them are lawbreakers and should be pun- ished, but they are the exception. In an un- ‘favorable reference is made to the New, York police; but, when the an- ‘|'swer is given that it might be.true in m oth-r countries, s not appear. to be any| op about killing them il to killing men. { Iw mgu ‘were These women did ot ap- are clamoring for t: and it looks as if ually be declared against ‘ Skirmighes have al- _place between ‘guards of on the frontier and it em as if “actual warfare way. .. The en in “of Austria, are join. the prospect of war, while 0 participated in the revo- in rebellion goverpment. England to he very enthusiastic over eét of war between Italy and goldfers for the allies, Aus- g olready lined up with ‘thig uuntry ¢an hardly . extent of the war feel- ope’ which is rapidly reach- e of absolute ferocity. The that come from the so-called are such as to suggest sav- of the worst kind. of some it was not true of the thou- the audience applauded vigorously. So it is with: the large number of pub- lic ofidials in the state and ' Ration, and because.one or two or a dozen g0 ' mht is no. reason why the re- the saying United | things and wherever a person is found who has been ghilty of such a thing and will be no protection for human char- acter anywhere and the tongue of slander will' be pérmitted to wag un- molested. | The hearing to determine whether Harry Thaw is sane or insane begins today before a jury and he Will have the opportunity he and his lawyers have been seeking ever since he was committed to Matteawan. The case has buoin; so well known that a great deal of interest is being manifested in the outcome. Thaw has an ad- vantage this time he never had be- fore. He has been out of the insane asylum for several months, has been out in the air and has had an op- portunity to improve his mental and physical health. His answers to op- posing attérneys in the conspiracy case suggested pretty clearly that he is far from being the fool he was supposed to be.” He appears to have a chance-this time. If he'escapes it will be a ¢ase where money: enabled | him to take advantage of ovsry tech- nicality kmown to the lnv ‘and it has cost the state of New Yark a large sum to fight him. The Mimneapolis women's welfare favor ot an It ‘men &‘ fsmoke Z;du et ' cars. The proper vm\mln to) tht Doliteness will ke the ordin- dgéport Tele- FACTS AND FANCIES, It is a well establiched fact that if the unused backyards of New England were utilized . a ‘most varuable off- set would be made to the lving ex- penses. There is.an extensive aera which goes to. waste solely through negligence. It is the opinion of the federal commissioner of education that this is a matter which should be taken up throughout the country and ihere is no question but wnat there is an excellent opportunity for provid- ing good training and getting compen- satling results through interesting the school children in this very line of work in the small villages, towns and cities.—Norwich Bulletin. It is distressing to feel that Leo M. Frank, never fairly convicted in a Just court, is sentenced to die June .22 and it arouses our intense dissatisfac- tion with the judical system. If the legal circumstances are such that this man cannot get a fair trial the gov- ernor should commute his sentence, No court ' except the ‘triar court which was swayed by the passions of the populace ever considered the evidence in the case. The judge who presid- ed, now dead, doubted Frank's gutlt and is on record of having so declared. —New Haven Union. Connecticut has many fine shore resorts of all descriptions. It also affords lake and mounvain vacation places all of which are easily reached by steam, trolley or automobile. All along the Sound coast can be found onjoyable places where cottages and hotel accommodations can be ob- tained at almost any rate one wishes to pay, The Litchfield hills, with the beautiful lakes in the Valleys be- tween them, afford attractive places tor those who prefer to spend thelr rest time inland. The same {s true of Windham, Middlesex and New London counties.—Hartrord Post. Lusty Infant Enterprise. (Hartford Times.) Springfield jitneys are blamed for a loss® of $100 a day to the Spring- fleld street’ railway company, and an official of the road places the total loss - for the year at $35,000. Ac- cepting ' these figures as reliable, the Jitney' problem becomes quite .as formidable to the trolley companies as had been anticipated. The year's total, given above, of course is based on' the premise that/the jit- neys have come to stay the year around, to serve the public in all weathers and seasons, to be patron= ized by the public and to be to some extent preferred by it. Presuming that the $35,000 the street rallway company credit to the Jitneys is actually collected by them, it would appear to represent a fairly good business, for one of the infant variety, and unless divided among a considerable number of shareholders, could easily be made to take on the appearance of being profitable. The company’s Springfield officials con- _cede that the jitneys are taking from it its most profitable business, namely that. derived from short ‘hauls, and they add that “it the'jitney business increases, as it is bound to' do on short hauls during summer months, it would ‘not be surprising if the total loss to the company would be at least $60,000 a year.”. Substantially backing this statement is its proposal beécause of the financial inroads made by :the jitneys. Regrettable as this action would be, the.necessity’ for it might seem to exist, especially as the raising of fares by the trolley com- panies would give the agile jitneys a still greater competive advantage, and any curtailment of service by the trolley companies would not attract the additional patronage necessary profits, or even tend to retain that which now stays by them, The public has 'craved improve- ment in street railway service and has given the failure to secure this as one of the popular excuses for patronizing the .. jitneys, but it can hardly , expect. great improvement from companies whose incomes are suddenly depleted to the extent above indicated ‘and who rely upon larger rathér’ than smaller infomes a8 a means 'for ‘'increasing or betters ing their service. 1If, thenm, the trol- ley service is not to be made better, but through depleted: income is | la- ble to: become more inferior than it is, it .cannot expect to ntrnuc more than. it has. Call the new service unfair to in- vested capital as it may be, when it proves both popular and profitable and there is an éarnest tendency to ayatemnuu‘und standardize it, the public may ' confidently expect its survival providing it is' made and kept fit. The Onions of Spring. (Providence Journal.) The - chief” gastronomic interest among the soldiers and in the hos- pitals, according to recent news from Europe, is in the arrival of spring onions. © As the soul of man is re- freshed as this season by the budding flowers and the bright young faliage, so his physical system gains new vigor from the early vegetables that now become avallable, and {n the whole list there is none that gives a greater zest to eating than the young onion, pop- ularly known as the ‘‘rareripe.” ‘The onion is reputed to be a great promoter of health, and there is fair Bround for the presumption that it is among the best of the spring tonics. Asguredly 1t is at its pefection in the peripd ,of its youth, when it is a crisp, tendef &rid pungent stalk and before it s developed to its bulbous maturity. gt this season it is not only an edible elight when eaten raw, but the stalks Lflnfi‘b‘“hfled and served on toast ip e manner of asparagus, almaost rival- ‘peal. More or less a victim of soclal permitted to exercise its full influence on the internal economy of mankind, ‘but it may be noted in general that devoted anion eaters, as a rule, enjoy excellent health. ~ There is reason for | gratitude, at least, that this gift of a bountiful nature may serve as a solace to the soldiers and anaid in the rejuvenation of the convalescent. There 15 felicity as well as truth in the facetious paraphrase that “in onion there is strength.” Raincoats ~and Umbrellas WOMEN’S RAIN COATS $5.00, $7.98 and $9.98 each. CHILDREN’S RAIN COATS $1.98 and $2.98 each. CHILDREN'S RAIN CAPES $1.98 Each. DMEN'S UMBRELLAS g at 98c Each, Strong built frames, cover of good quality piece dyed taffeta, big assortment of curved and trimmed handles. Unusual values at the price. 3 COLORED SILK UMBRELLAS ing ‘that ‘delicacy in its succulent pa-| prejudice, the onlon 'has never been $2.50, $3.48 and $3.75. Can be used as Umbrellas or to shade the sun in warm weather. MEN’'S UMBRELLAS 59¢, 98¢, $1.49 to $5.00 each, CHILDREN'S UMBRELLAS 49c, 75¢ and 98¢ each. WOOL DRESS GOOUDS MARKED DOWN 44 'inch Serges, other staple and fancy weaves, T79c¢ values. Reduced to G9c yard. Another lot of Dress Goods, $1,00 and $1.26 yard. Reduced to 89¢ rard, SALE OF DAINTY WASH FABRICS i at 20¢ yard. Special for this week only. Regulay 89c values, including Satin Striped Organdies, Silk Striped Voiles, Crepe Corde and Lage Voiles Flowered effects, D; McMILLAN 109-201-203 MAIN STREET Co-Operation of Nations, (New York Commercial.) Civilization is the result of co-oper- ation and mankind ascends its scale in exact proportion to the collective ef- forts men make to improve their con. | dition. This principle applies to the whole world as truly as to the small community or to the family which is the unit of society. Everybody is familiar with the progress the world has made during the last century. Improved means of and communication have brought all men close together, and less time was wasted in war ana more in pursulng the arts of peace than.in previous centuries. Those are the reasons for the advance made by man. Today the work of a hundred years is be- ing undone by war and much of it| must be.dane over again, If the hatredds aroused by this war should prevail after fighting stops civillzation will be ‘set back and men will be deprived of the full blessings of peace. Bach country becomes richer through contact with others. Each contributes something to the| general well-being of the rest, just as the carpenter, the shoemaker, = the gardener, the blacksmith, and other Mmembers of a small community, serve one another to the advantage of all. Dynasties and governments may fall and disappear, but the people that are the body of the nation remain: They cannot be destroyed or driven away without inflicting direct loss on the rest of the world. Most of the wars of the past and the war we have to- day have been caused by losing sight of this fact. Suppressing the natural aspirations of a race is like sitting on the safety valve of a steam boiler. The longer the prefsure is maintained the more violent the explosion. In every part of the world meff can do useful work and contribute to the well-being of humanity. The United States must lead in reinstating this co-operation of mankind in the arts of peace. As our president says, ‘‘America must have this conscious- ness that on all sides it touches el. bows and touches hearts with all the nations of mankind.” Roosevelt's Luck Is Back. (New York Times.) There have been some doubts of late—for several years, in fact—about the fidelity of Dame Fortune to her sometime favorite, Cojonel Roosevelt, but evidently her ‘desertion of him was a temiporary withdrawal of at- tention, not- &, permanent desertion. ‘This has just 'been proved in a very curious way, . While the colonel was presenting his side in .the suit for libel brought by Mr. Barnes, even the greatest of wars was obligingly brought into such | a condition of deadlock; and of at least comparative monotony, that there was room left on the first page of all the ! newspapers for the presentation of a value in - Dainty | transportation | | | | i Rainproof o AT v ‘Never Before ané Such * Values . in Women’s éntergnr- ments Been Offered at This Tine of the Year, STYLISH SPRING ' COATS MDOWNL DONNN GO THE PRICES AT SUIT DEPT. . WISE, SMITH & CO, HARTFORD AT REDUCED PRICES $9.98 BALMACAAN COATS of all $5.98 serge, $5.00 of Worsad, $6.75 $12.98 COATS, Checks, beit wool tweed with patch pockets .. $6.98 to $8.98 COATS tancy cloth, Coverts, ete. at . $8.08 to $10.98 CO/ \l Serge, Ratine and mix= tures sm 00 ot to $12.98 Gaberdine, mixtures A FEW HIGH COLORED PLE COATS, were up to $1298 .......... A FEW HIGH GF COATS, were up to $28, at .. O\E LOT or fflA‘l‘N purposes, were s hllh as $2250 ....... for h.\M. ¥ $5.98 Arees * $13.75 Especially Attractive Offerings in . tl_le sUs at $25.00 TAILORED and womens $14.98 o $16.98 Sbm and misses about fifty in’ this Jot . $16.98 0 520 sum more than a hundred to choose from : $20.00 to “2.}0’ sUITS ishingly Modest Ex- penditure at This Sale. TAILOR MADE SUITS At Drastic Mark Downs. $9.00 o for wo- SUITS, misses " $16.00 $25.00 to $20.00 SUITS for we- at LE ‘nl Newest and Prettiest Styles of Confirmation and Graduation DRESSES $8.98 CONFIRMATION trimmed with Valenciennes «...ribbon belt $7.98 CONFIRMATIO lace at $10.98 CONFIRM! \Tll)\ DRESSES of fine Voile, belted two ruffles of self material at bottom with wide silk ribbon_ beit and 1 $7.50 GRADUATION ribbon 88.98 (-R:\D-l'l‘i'l'lOV I')R.ESbES of Organdie in chic coatec effect, lace trimmed, with sash and ribbon belt $10.00 GRADUATION DRESSES of fine Lingerie, and ribbon trimmed at $15 BATISTE DRESSES, silk embrodiered triple plaited overskirt and trimmed with Orien tal lace and belt of wide silk ribbon ..... $2.98 RAINCOATS $10 AUTO RAINCOATS ... Full rubberized with cloth sur- face, side pockets. $10.98 AUTO COATS AT $6.98 Heavy weight, good scrviceable, garments, 'Phone orders Charter 3050, and Mall promptly filled. DRESSES of all over cmbriodery, DRLS& effect has a gathered belt and is trimmed with Val DRESSES of fine efecct, hemstitched and has wide sash of ullk $1.39 86.75 tunig $6.98 S of finc Batiste, in the new jacket $6.98 at hip, $9.98 embroidered Volle coatee $5.00 $6.98 " $8.98 dvt(ml Bmlme with $12.98 lace, Dresden - trimmed, at $3.50 WASH SKIRTS of pique or Bedford Cord at $5.98 GENUINE PALM BEACH fancy hip cflect and pearl button trimmed at .. .. WISE, SMITH & CO. “HARTFORD Hill and Claytoa. men’s and misses - . $20.00 . A FEW HIGH COLOR SUITs, odd sizes, worth $ $20, at A SMALL LOT OF colors, values up to $30 " $4.50 $6.50 WOMEN'S MER DRESSES 1o M ADAA A A (e IV g o) TDKRESSES, wuned with whie Voue ang venel ¢ ‘apbon, at 31 39 ) $2.50 WaSHABLE Fuuw ke CHEPf DRESSES trimmed with Hamburg kdge and Plalting SR B $3.98 DOTTED VOILE DRESSES with « collar of embroidered Batiste and waist Uimmed with Valencieunes 1 FOR STREET WEAR in the new large and small dotted and striped Vi and ‘sleeves, VOILE with' fancy nnb collar of linen, umwm DM wide of silk, slecves u-lmmcdw A $6.98 $5.98 DRESSES fall plaited” skirt, e- $6.98 DRESSES Ol‘ \’EBY IWI very fine qnllty. corded at hips, e WASH SKIRTS $2.00 WASH SKIRTS of white Ratine, white Ratine with self belt and pearl buttons ....... $1.95 WASH SKIRTS of white pique, pear! button sl 30 ¥ $1.40 $1.98 $4.90 CMJ'I'H llflR’l‘i whh DAILY DEL[VERY in New Britain, Elmwood, Newington, Cedar mll. MlfiJ;_ Y clous rehearsals -of palitical history. but observe what happens when comes the turn of Mr. Barnes to give ‘his version of those same events; The Germans sink the Lusitania, and in. stantly not anly the first page, but half a dozen more as well have no space for anything else, and the Roosevelt- Barnes case is moved so far along into the wilderness of paper that oni members of the leisure class have the time for reading on till they reach it And they haven't the energy for it. The result iy that a considerable part of the public has either forgot- ten that there ever was a Roosevelt- Barnes libel case, or else it remem- bers thé trial as something that enf- ed when the colonel's testimony, closed. Of course the judge and thé’ jurors are presumably listeming to that unfortunate “‘other uhfi " but what the two former friends nqd pres- ent enemies both really wanted to reach in this litigation was the dear public, and only one of them has been permitted to do it. Roosevelt ludk, again! Especially Rooseveltian is it because the means of suppression used enabled the col- onel to become nct less audible than articulate, -while nobody has thought to ask what his foe thought of what had happened. Sees Broadway at 101. (New York Sun.) Sights of New York city and thé lights of Broadway were revealed in bewildering confusion last evening to Mrs. Edward Conklin, 101 years old, the oldest person living in the Green- point district of Brooklyn. She was taken from her home on Tranklin |column or two of the ‘coloneil’s viva- street by a friend, Uriah Boch, in an mind by what she saw. automobile, driven through Long I1s- land City, across the Queensboro bridge, through Broadway and to the Pennsylvania station. This was hi fiyst ride in an automobile and it theg first part of her journey to Boones. boro, Md., where she will make her home. Mrs. Conklin after the ride was un- able to give any adequate expression as to the impressions made upon her She said she had, formed an idea of the things she hnd heard about, but that she had never'concelved they were such as the reality. Mrs. Conklin ‘was born in lower Manhattan. In 1865, after the death of her husband, she went to Green- point to live. Only onece since had she made a trip to Manhattan, When ‘the first Sound steamers made their ruaiden trips they carried big Ameri- can flags made by Mrs, Conklin and her, mother, A relative of the family wag at that tim n officer of th company operating the steamiers, which were named_ the President and the Lady Franklin. PR S Navy ‘Ship Never a Pirate. (New York Sun.) The loose use of*the word “piracy” the Hon.. Theadore Roosevelt as- tonighed nobedy. It is somewhat sur. Pprising, however, to And Wverett Pep- perrell Wheeler, & lawyer of greal experience and precise habits of ex- ression, not only describing by that term the German submarine's attack on the Lusitania, but actually arguing in the columns of our neighbor, the World, that the United States’ statutes relative to piracy are applicable to the rursuit and arrest of the commander of the German submarine by o nuval force and his punishment death, “It is my opinion" says Wheeler, as reported by the Worl “that the president shourd send fleet over to rid the geas of th pirates. To do so wou'd be accord to international law and could not considered as an act of wur, If G many should consider it as such would not be our fault.” i Buf in the absence of a doclurq‘ of war the president is authorized employ the public-owned vesselg the United Stgtes in this way when it ls for the suppression of of piracy “‘as defined by the law g nations,” that ig pidacy in the in natithal sense. 4 Now, nothing in the existing nents of interational law is el than the principle that private only can commit piracy, and man war or other public ship, as long: she remains such, is never a pl This Inviriable principle is stated b Oppenseim: ‘If she commits unjustified acts Violence, redress must be asked fro her flag state, which has to punish t commander and pay damages 3 required, But if a man-of- other public ship of a state re and cruises the sea for her own i:omes, she ceases to' be a public and acts of violenee now Ly her are indeed pirntical acts. It is not in mitigation of u. cus offense committed against and Innooent American Lusitania apd against both America citizens and the American flag on the Gul: puint out the distinction betws outrages and ‘“plracy” as the law of nations. v e e ad